Oath

not rebuilt in order to uphold the Oath of Plataea (Ferrari 2002, 13). Thirdly Curtius proposes that the damaged temple was simply repurposed (Ferrari 2002, 15). With limited and…

President Lincolns plan was to unite the Union, by giving absolution to former soldiers of the Confederacy only if they would be willing to take an oath to embrace not only the Union, but also the Constitution. The only people that were pardoned were the African Americans from taking the oath. The only way President Lincoln was willing to accept their restoration only if “the number who did so in any state had reached a tenth of the votes cast in the presidential election…

Tom knows that the boys must take a blood oath and swear to the brutal defense of their newly bound brothers although he doesn't seem to know why. In fact, he doesn't even fathom the evil in these actions, for his oath contains a clause in which pretenders to the gang are sued Tom thinks that his romantic band of thieves has the same rights to a brand name as any other business. Shortly after the blood oath, Tom's romanticism is put to the test. Tommy Barnes has changed…

becoming a doctor you are to take an oath to basically place your patient’s interests before your own, protect and treat all patients equally, and to respect patient’s rights to make decisions. This oath was disobeyed by Nazi doctors and night doctors. The Nazi doctors contravened this oath by killing the people that were “unworthy of life”. The night doctors defied this oath by stealing bodies to perform scientific tests on. Both doctors not only broke this oath that pertains to their lifelong…

exclamation of an oath in office on the Bible being a promise to God, one that is in office will need the prayers of all people, the founders proclaiming that we are a nation ‘Under God’ and ‘In God we trust’, and the American values are rooted in religion. Taking an oath is similar to any given religious promise. When one is taking an oath into office such as Presidential office one swears on the Bible. With oaths being what they are, and having to roots they do, the individual taking the…

Choices People’s choices of action or inaction changes the outcome of situations. During the Holocaust, the Nazi’s mass murder of Jews, ordinary European citizens shaped history by standing up to the Nazis or witnessing the injustices from a distance. Their decisions were greatly influenced by their understanding of the universe of obligation, which sociologist Helen Fein defined as ¨Toward whom obligations are owed, to whom rules apply, and whose injuries call for [amends]” (“We and They” 56).…

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” by Mark Twain, Tom-the main character in the plot-has the conflicting thoughts whether not to tell about the murder of Doctor Robinson in the graveyard. Although many may say Tom should not tell because they have an oath to “keep mum” about the murder and not let anyone know that it was ‘Injun’ Joe that killed the doctor, they should tell the sheriff because Muff Potter would be hanged for the false accusation of the murder, and Injun Joe might not know that it…

The Hippocratic Oath was founded in the 5th century but was later modified to Florence Nightingale Pledge in 1893 to guide professionals in the nursing field. The Nightingale Pledge established the ethical principles and standards nurses should follow in their profession. As a result, nursing bodies have used the Hippocratic Oath and Nightingale Pledge to further develop guidelines and although the Nightingale Pledge remains at the core of the nursing practices and ethics. Since decision making…

Thomas More, a knight lord chancellor of England, was convicted with high treason for refusing to take the Oath of Succession.…

The practice of euthanasia provides people affected by an incurable illness with an alternative route to retaining control over their life and should be supported by legal and medical justifications. As a practice, euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, results in the painless death of a patient afflicted with an incurable, painful disease or permanent coma to prevent the continuous suffering of said patient. In modern society, euthanasia is controversial as it calls the ethics of permitting…